WWII the Definitive Story (1939-1945)

The Stumble To War - The End Of The Illusion - The War That Wasn't - A Kind Of VictoryThe Treaty of Versailles at the end of WWI was meant to ensure a lasting peace. However, just 20 years later the leader of a resurgent Germany was planning for war. Soon country after country was falling to Hitler and the Nazis and Britain found itself alone in opposing Germany's aggression. By 1940 German troops were just across the English Channel and plotting an invasion of the British Isles. But first they would have to take on the Royal Air Force in a battle that would have far-reaching implications for the course of the entire war.Time Of Legend, Time Of History - The World Shall Hold Its Breath - The Day Of Infamy - Six Months To Run WildWith Japan and Italy aligning with Hitler, the war was spreading across the globe. Germany's 'Desert Fox,' Erwin Rommel, was wreaking havoc in North Africa and the launch of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 saw Hitler attempt to cripple Stalin's fearsome Soviet Union. However, the push for Russia faltered under the weight of a heavy winter, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 brought the full might of America into the conflict. It would not be long before the tide would turn in favor of the Allies.The End Of The Beginning - The Beginning Of The End - OverloadBy late 1943 the Axis powers across the world were in retreat. As US forces took the fight to the Japanese across the Pacific, in Europe the net was beginning to close in on Hitler's seat of power. Italy has been invaded, at great cost, and as German forces began to retreat north towards their homeland, the time was right for the Allies' final push to reclaim Western Europe: the operations secretly known as Overlord

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The Stumble To War - The End Of The Illusion - The War That Wasn't - A Kind Of VictoryThe Treaty of Versailles at the end of WWI was meant to ensure a lasting peace. However, just 20 years later the leader of a resurgent Germany was planning for war. Soon country after country was falling to Hitler and the Nazis and Britain found itself alone in opposing Germany's aggression. By 1940 German troops were just across the English Channel and plotting an invasion of the British Isles. But first they would have to take on the Royal Air Force in a battle that would have far-reaching implications for the course of the entire war.Time Of Legend, Time Of History - The World Shall Hold Its Breath - The Day Of Infamy - Six Months To Run WildWith Japan and Italy aligning with Hitler, the war was spreading across the globe. Germany's 'Desert Fox,' Erwin Rommel, was wreaking havoc in North Africa and the launch of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 saw Hitler attempt to cripple Stalin's fearsome Soviet Union. However, the push for Russia faltered under the weight of a heavy winter, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 brought the full might of America into the conflict. It would not be long before the tide would turn in favor of the Allies.The End Of The Beginning - The Beginning Of The End - OverloadBy late 1943 the Axis powers across the world were in retreat. As US forces took the fight to the Japanese across the Pacific, in Europe the net was beginning to close in on Hitler's seat of power. Italy has been invaded, at great cost, and as German forces began to retreat north towards their homeland, the time was right for the Allies' final push to reclaim Western Europe: the operations secretly known as Overlord